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barack obama this week came before america as the most popular kid in class. but he hasn't wooed everyonement republicans seem bent on jamming him on all fronts and off to a quick start. stalling the president's pentagon choice. who's got it about america, him or them? back on march. market on a tear, way up at 14,000. but that schedule add cross-the-board spending cut that seems unthinkable is now assumed. seriously, are we looking at first of march calamity? finally, guns and race. half of white men in america own guns. do you believe it? barack obama lost two-thirds of white men who didn't go to college, first wipeout since walter mondale lost 49 states to 1. can the president ever crack through that? hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today presidential historian michael beschloss. cook political report amy walter. "the washington post's" henderson and "the new york times"'s david henderhard. have the republicans turn turned up the heat on barack obama now even before he won re-election? we saw in there temporary the defeat of chuck hagel
barack obama this week came before america as the most popular kid in class. but he hasn't wooed everyonement republicans seem bent on jamming him on all fronts and off to a quick start. stalling the president's pentagon choice. who's got it about america, him or them? back on march. market on a tear, way up at 14,000. but that schedule add cross-the-board spending cut that seems unthinkable is now assumed. seriously, are we looking at first of march calamity? finally, guns and race. half of...
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in today's cover story, president obama hits the road. the plans he has in motion for changes in the manufacturing industry. why travelers are on board with the hottest new way to see the world by boat. plus, film studios are overflowing with attempts to attract lovebirds this valentines day. first business starts now! you're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas. good morning. it's thursday, feburary 14th. i'm angela miles. in today's first look: up or down? stocks and commodities traded with mininal gains and losses yesterday. investors are holding back as they wonder whether a large sell-off or big rally lies ahead. cisco sees the light. the company topped its earnings targets after the close. cisco ceo john chambers notes that 2013 is off to a slow start but sees early signs of improvement in europe. and democrats are working on a new bill that could replace the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts that take effect march 1st if there is no deal. time now for a look at what traders have to sa
in today's cover story, president obama hits the road. the plans he has in motion for changes in the manufacturing industry. why travelers are on board with the hottest new way to see the world by boat. plus, film studios are overflowing with attempts to attract lovebirds this valentines day. first business starts now! you're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas. good morning. it's thursday, feburary 14th. i'm angela miles. in today's first look: up or...
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we can't do it. >> president obama 66th minute state of the union address this week, the first in his second term. joining me now with analysis is tony t fratto. michael beschloss is a presidential historian. tony, let me kick it up with you. what do you think? can we get an economic policy that doesn't stress consumers or scare investors, as the president said? >> it's hard. actually in this environment. talk to people about this all the time and try to help them understand what's going on here in washington. really our manufactured crises in a lot of ways but some of them are just structural to our system so, you know, the president talks a lot about republicans bringing things to the brink with things like the debt ceiling, which i've been very vocal about republicans should not try to have that fight on the debt ceiling. but we have a budgeting problem in washington where, you know, the senate can essentially just walk away from the game of doing a budget in washington. that's never happened before. and now it's happened three years in a row. so the only way this system can budget
we can't do it. >> president obama 66th minute state of the union address this week, the first in his second term. joining me now with analysis is tony t fratto. michael beschloss is a presidential historian. tony, let me kick it up with you. what do you think? can we get an economic policy that doesn't stress consumers or scare investors, as the president said? >> it's hard. actually in this environment. talk to people about this all the time and try to help them understand what's...
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president obama addresses the nation. it is our generations task to re-ignite the true engine of america's economic growth, a risingm thriving middle class. in today's cover story, reaction to the president's speech. will it prompt action or stir more debate in congress? plus, the threat of military budget cuts dealt a blow to defense stocks. is now the time to buy? you could soon be tuning into intel for your viewing pleasure. and, why the hottest new toys are turning down the tech. first business starts now. you're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas. good morning. it's wednesday, february 13th. i'm angela miles. in today's first look:president obama details an ambitious plan for america. now is our best chance for bi partisan comprehensive tax reform that encourages job creation and helps bring down the deficit his solution to virtually every problem we face is for washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more. ahead of the speech, the dow closed above 14,000 yesterday.
president obama addresses the nation. it is our generations task to re-ignite the true engine of america's economic growth, a risingm thriving middle class. in today's cover story, reaction to the president's speech. will it prompt action or stir more debate in congress? plus, the threat of military budget cuts dealt a blow to defense stocks. is now the time to buy? you could soon be tuning into intel for your viewing pleasure. and, why the hottest new toys are turning down the tech. first...
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president obama turns up the heat on members of congress to avoid automatic cuts to federal funding that could start by the end of next week. the deadline was created to help settle the debt ceiling crisis in 2011. but as our cover story explains, so far, sequestration has become another term for a stalemate. standing among first-responders who'd face cutbacks statrting march first, president obama called sequestration "a meat cleaver approach." "these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds of thousand of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction; people will lose their jobs." automatic cuts in federal funding were meant to scare congress into compromise. at risk, fema grants to pay firefighters during disasters, loan guarantees to small businesses, fewer food inspectors, border patrols, and air traffic controllers, to name a few. "i've never taken the sequester seriously. it's a gimmick to reach agreement." economics professor lawrence officer thinks a deal is likely. "i'm not going to lose sleep over it. congress
president obama turns up the heat on members of congress to avoid automatic cuts to federal funding that could start by the end of next week. the deadline was created to help settle the debt ceiling crisis in 2011. but as our cover story explains, so far, sequestration has become another term for a stalemate. standing among first-responders who'd face cutbacks statrting march first, president obama called sequestration "a meat cleaver approach." "these cuts are not smart, they...
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president obama is looking for a few good techies. round two of the presidential innovation fellows program has just been announced. its goal is to use innovation techniques to tackle national issues. the fellows are assigned to work on a variety of sophisticated projects. in the first round of this program, 600 people applied in the first 24 hours. the application process is available at whitehouse.gov. united is applauding a record performance in january. it's reporting january 2013 was the best month for its operations in more than a decade. on average, nearly 80% of its international and domestic flights were on time. it comes following a challenging year for the airline, when computer glitches caused delays for thousands. the airline also lost customers. united execs say much of the problem stemmed from growing pains of merging with continental. the new blackberriess are making a strong connection with consumers in canada and britain. bloomberg news reports record orders are coming in for blackberry z-10s at canadian wireless car
president obama is looking for a few good techies. round two of the presidential innovation fellows program has just been announced. its goal is to use innovation techniques to tackle national issues. the fellows are assigned to work on a variety of sophisticated projects. in the first round of this program, 600 people applied in the first 24 hours. the application process is available at whitehouse.gov. united is applauding a record performance in january. it's reporting january 2013 was the...
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obama has been less than supportive. he'll also visit the west bank and jordan. >>> now to the budget. the president is proposing another stop gap measure due to kick in next month. it will temporarily deal with the so-called sequester, include a revenue increase. it's been getting a frosty welcome from republicans though. danielle nottingham has that story. >> reporter: president obama is calling for automatic stop to across the board spending. >> our economy is headed in the right direction and it will stay that way as long as there aren't any more self-inflicted wounds coming out of washington. >> reporter: last year they signed off on automatic cuts to force themselves to deal with the skyrocketing national debt. when they couldn't reach a larger budget then, they postponed it to march 1st. the white house wants another short term fix to head off the fragile economy and give lawmakers more time to work out a ten-year plan. >> we should give them a chance to come up with a budget instead of making indiscriminate cuts
obama has been less than supportive. he'll also visit the west bank and jordan. >>> now to the budget. the president is proposing another stop gap measure due to kick in next month. it will temporarily deal with the so-called sequester, include a revenue increase. it's been getting a frosty welcome from republicans though. danielle nottingham has that story. >> reporter: president obama is calling for automatic stop to across the board spending. >> our economy is headed in...
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president obama called on the nation's governors today to pressure lawmakers over the sequester, saying citizens of their states will be out of work. the american people are out there ef row day meeting their responsibilities, giving it their all to provide thor their families and their communities. a lot of are you doing the same things in your respective states. we need that same kind of attitude here in washington. at the very least the american people have a right to expect that from the representatives. >> we've got more on this from darren gersh. he spoke with one of the republican leaders in the u.s. house today. cathy mcmorris rogers. we began by asking whether the sequester will actually happen. >> i hope not. we'll see. march 1st is right around the corner. and what we need is for the president and the democratic senate to sit down and come up with a proposal to replace the sequester with a smarter approach to cutting the federal government. it's 2.4% over the next ten years. >> what is going to happen under the sequester and all the 50 states. and in your state, there will be
president obama called on the nation's governors today to pressure lawmakers over the sequester, saying citizens of their states will be out of work. the american people are out there ef row day meeting their responsibilities, giving it their all to provide thor their families and their communities. a lot of are you doing the same things in your respective states. we need that same kind of attitude here in washington. at the very least the american people have a right to expect that from the...
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this is president obama's sequester. the president has failed up until now to come up and offer anything specific beyond talking points and press conferences as to how he proposes to turn the sequester off. and absent that, we don't have any changes. >> many that i thinkthanks, pet. tomorrow i'll chat with eric cantor. he made a major address today at the american enterprise institute. he had across the board ideas to reinvigorate the republican party and the national economy. again, mr. cantor will join me tomorrow. next up this evening, we had a nice recovery rally in the markets today. but here's what i want to know. what effect will the sequester have on stocks? will it be as dire as some say or might it be bullish. we'll get answers. free market capitalism, the best path to prosperity. free market capitalism says shrink government spending to grow the economy. i'm larry kudlow. we'll be right back. all right that's a fifth-floor problem... ok. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha
this is president obama's sequester. the president has failed up until now to come up and offer anything specific beyond talking points and press conferences as to how he proposes to turn the sequester off. and absent that, we don't have any changes. >> many that i thinkthanks, pet. tomorrow i'll chat with eric cantor. he made a major address today at the american enterprise institute. he had across the board ideas to reinvigorate the republican party and the national economy. again, mr....
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>> i do not. >> susie: nick seytan, thanks a lot. >> >> susie: president obama was not only focused on those budget talks we reported on, but also immigration. he met with a dozen c.e.o.s from top u.s. companies like yahoo and goldman sachs at the white house today. immigration reform is a key part of the president's strategy to revive the economy. and tom, most c.e.o.s favor it because getting highly skilled immigrants into the u.s. helps our competitiveness. they're all for it. >> tom: lots of concentration on immigration and ployment and wage growth, no doubt. let's go to tonight's "market focus." e mbroadarket returned to a new five and a half year high during today's trading session o the buying started right from the opening bell with the s&p 500 climbing throughout the session, ending up 1%. volume picked up-- 701 million shares on the big b rd, almostmo 2.2 billion traded on the nasdaq. th dresbin agt inth oxe terday provided the best sector gains today. technology up 1..y health care and consumer staples were higher by more than 1% each. leading technology today was computer s
>> i do not. >> susie: nick seytan, thanks a lot. >> >> susie: president obama was not only focused on those budget talks we reported on, but also immigration. he met with a dozen c.e.o.s from top u.s. companies like yahoo and goldman sachs at the white house today. immigration reform is a key part of the president's strategy to revive the economy. and tom, most c.e.o.s favor it because getting highly skilled immigrants into the u.s. helps our competitiveness. they're...
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>> i do not. >> susie: nick seytan thanks a lot. >> >> susie: president obama was not only focused on those budget talks we reported on, but also immigration. he met with a dozen c.e.o.s from top u.s. companies like yahoo and goldman sachs at the white house today. immigration reform is a key part of the president's strategy to revive the economy. and tom, most c.e.o.s favor it because getting highly skilled immigrants into the u.s. helps our competitiveness. they're all for it. >> tom: lots of concentration on immigration and ployment and wage growth, no doubt. let's go to tonight's "market focus." the broad market returned to a new five and a half year high during today's trading session. the buying started right from the opening bell with the s&p 500 climbing throughout the session, ending up 1%. volume picked up-- 701 million shares on the big board, almost 2.2 billion traded on the nasdaq. the biggest drag on the index yesterday provided the best sector gains today. technology up 1.4%. health care and consumer staples were higher by more than 1% each. leading technology today was
>> i do not. >> susie: nick seytan thanks a lot. >> >> susie: president obama was not only focused on those budget talks we reported on, but also immigration. he met with a dozen c.e.o.s from top u.s. companies like yahoo and goldman sachs at the white house today. immigration reform is a key part of the president's strategy to revive the economy. and tom, most c.e.o.s favor it because getting highly skilled immigrants into the u.s. helps our competitiveness. they're all...
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. >> yeah, charter schools vouchers even obama's race to the top are based on the idea competition is good. if kids are free to take their school money to any school competition among schools including for profit will force all of the schools to get better or go out of business. the best schools will expand. but the unions don't like that market competition. >> there's a prove fit motives behind all of this extra testing. >> we need to get the corporations out of the school. >> it would enrich corporation but further improve vert teachers. ♪ >> teachers paid enough? >> no. >> you have some teachers making over 100,000 dollars. >> and they aren't making enough. >> matt damon as you grees with that. >> a teacher want to teach. why else would you take a (bleep) salary and really long hours. >> teachers make a (bleep) salary? maybe to matt damon. today american teachers make more per hour than accountants, nurses, architects. >> i can guarantee you there it is not about the money. >> he is a former dc politician. >> when i was on the dc council i gave the school system 300 million they
. >> yeah, charter schools vouchers even obama's race to the top are based on the idea competition is good. if kids are free to take their school money to any school competition among schools including for profit will force all of the schools to get better or go out of business. the best schools will expand. but the unions don't like that market competition. >> there's a prove fit motives behind all of this extra testing. >> we need to get the corporations out of the school....
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won 94% of districts that obama represents sit in districts mitt romney won. so there's no swing districts left. so much of what he's doing is about the rhetoric and message which is this is the one thing the president has a bully pulpit and from it he can really determine what the message is going to be and what the agenda is going to be. >> suarez: but maybe also with his steadily raising approval ratings a way of showing the congress "i have the people with me." >> in the first term when the president was able to get things done it was when he was demonstrating to members of congress that he has the people with him. that his popularity ratings were higher than theirs were. i think a low point was in the summer of 2011 when he was trying to work out a grand bargain with the speaker and he in good faith tried to work things out and negotiated behind closed doors and they saw what you see when that thing happens. the other side gets to represent your point of view sometimes and says this is what the president wants to do and how we've done that. that was a low
won 94% of districts that obama represents sit in districts mitt romney won. so there's no swing districts left. so much of what he's doing is about the rhetoric and message which is this is the one thing the president has a bully pulpit and from it he can really determine what the message is going to be and what the agenda is going to be. >> suarez: but maybe also with his steadily raising approval ratings a way of showing the congress "i have the people with me." >> in...
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president obama to speak in 15 minutes time. he will ask congress to come up with short-term packages to put off automotiatic spending cuts. hampton, we begin with you, budget office right now releasing its budget and economic outlook. give us details. >> reporter: the budget office, assumes no change in current laws, 2013 fiscal year budget deficit, $845 billion. cbo projects first time below $1 trillion since 2008, 5% of gdp, well below the peak of 2009. saying deficits decline as a percentage of gdp could dip as low as 2.4% in 2015. then they start to rise again in 2016. that 10-year-old cbo deficit projection increased overall to 4.6 trillion for the 2013 decade up from $20.2 trillion in it's previous. cbo sees real gdp growing 1.4% in 2013, the sub died growth limits businesses to hire more workers, cbo projecting unemployment rate to stay near 8% this year, also expecting unemployment rate to remain above 7.5% through 2014. debt and deficits will be larger, the cbo says, if current laws were modified and rising health care
president obama to speak in 15 minutes time. he will ask congress to come up with short-term packages to put off automotiatic spending cuts. hampton, we begin with you, budget office right now releasing its budget and economic outlook. give us details. >> reporter: the budget office, assumes no change in current laws, 2013 fiscal year budget deficit, $845 billion. cbo projects first time below $1 trillion since 2008, 5% of gdp, well below the peak of 2009. saying deficits decline as a...
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. ♪ and it's beautiful >>> president obama today urged congress to pass a short term budget fix and postpone a massive package of automatic spending cuts. three and a half weeks from now. but the president says congress needs more time to come up with a permanent solution for reducing the deficit. >> we should give them the chance to come up with the budget instead of making cuts costing us jobs and significantly slow down our recovery. >> the president says the u.s. economy is poised for progress in the coming year and predicted it will fall below the $1 trillion mark. >> sources tell ap tonight the pentagon is ready to offer limited benefits to same-sex partners of gay service members. likely toin clud health and welfare benefits. dpeens secretary has not made a decision because federal law prohibits him from recognizing same-sex marriages. british lawmakers voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. legislation would enable same-sex couples to get married in civil and religious ceremonies. the prime minister championed the bill despite opposition from within his party. before it beco
. ♪ and it's beautiful >>> president obama today urged congress to pass a short term budget fix and postpone a massive package of automatic spending cuts. three and a half weeks from now. but the president says congress needs more time to come up with a permanent solution for reducing the deficit. >> we should give them the chance to come up with the budget instead of making cuts costing us jobs and significantly slow down our recovery. >> the president says the u.s....
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obama care. the governor of ohio is going to join us next up. free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. don't forget, lower marginal tax rates across the board. all right? if you can't deal with reagan, think john f. kennedy, who launched a budget during the 1960s. why would you raise taxes now? i'm kudlow. we'll be right back. >>> ohio republican government john kasich in the news these days. conservatives are heaping praise over his tax cuts but some don't like him taking expanded medicaid money from obama. conservatives, some of them, don't have any nice to say about john kasich at all. more or less you have 20% income tax cut across the board, joining a whole bunch of republican governors across the country who are leading the way while washington is raising taxes. the liberals of course i was reading the "columbus dispatch" and what not, they were saying tax cuts for the rich, that's all you're doing. >> larry, in addition to lowering the income tax so everybody doesn't scoot ou
obama care. the governor of ohio is going to join us next up. free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. don't forget, lower marginal tax rates across the board. all right? if you can't deal with reagan, think john f. kennedy, who launched a budget during the 1960s. why would you raise taxes now? i'm kudlow. we'll be right back. >>> ohio republican government john kasich in the news these days. conservatives are heaping praise over his tax cuts but some don't like him...
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. >>> president obama will be in annapolis. he's going to talk strategy with u.s. senate democrats at a closed-door retreat. the president is expected to discuss financial matters as well as gun control and immigration. >>> also today governor martin o'malley will testify on the gun control bill. he'll appear before senate judicial proceedings committee in annapolis. the governor wants to ban assault-style guns and require restrictions for handguns. the measure would also set aside in the state budget for safety. >>> police are still trying to figure out what led to a deadly stabbing just as the raven's victory celebration was wrapping up yesterday. the victims sadly are three teenagers. this happened around 1:30 yesterday afternoon in downtown baltimore. one of those victims was killed, the two others seriously hurt. it's not yet clear now why teens were down there for that parade, how this possibly happened that led to one person being dead. >>> speaking of the celebration itself, head coach john harbaugh told fans they were in for a party bigger than anything th
. >>> president obama will be in annapolis. he's going to talk strategy with u.s. senate democrats at a closed-door retreat. the president is expected to discuss financial matters as well as gun control and immigration. >>> also today governor martin o'malley will testify on the gun control bill. he'll appear before senate judicial proceedings committee in annapolis. the governor wants to ban assault-style guns and require restrictions for handguns. the measure would also set...
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. >> president obama's annual meet being the nation's governors came with a warning. he said the march 1st spending cuts will impact each of their states. everything from fewer firefighters and police to flight delays at the airport and less vaccines for children. >> the longer these cuts are in place the bigger the impact will become. >> republicans say the president is making them seem scarier than they are. they say the $85 billion is just 3% of the budget. >> stop the campaigning stop sending out people to scare the american people. do the hard work of governoring. >> congress is back in town after a week off leaving just 4 days to reach a compromise before the deadline. lawmakers are talking behind closed doors but the chance of a deal looks slim. >> democrats want a plan that includes spending cuts and raises taxes on the richest americans. republicans say they will not agree to another tax hike. they're expected to propose a plan that focuses on spending cuts only. >> i think the american people are tired of the blame game. to come up with responsible spending
. >> president obama's annual meet being the nation's governors came with a warning. he said the march 1st spending cuts will impact each of their states. everything from fewer firefighters and police to flight delays at the airport and less vaccines for children. >> the longer these cuts are in place the bigger the impact will become. >> republicans say the president is making them seem scarier than they are. they say the $85 billion is just 3% of the budget. >> stop...
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in the early stages of the obama administration with the stimulus and other things he was giving a lot to the republicans and getting very little in return. that's what i mean by not a very good negotiator. he was a much tougher negotiator now. >> charlie: today. learly. harlie: he learned his lesson. >> came in and said we're going to have a bipartisan government. the first two letters in bi connote two. you have to have another side. he didn't have it. >> charlie: he let the congress write the stimulus program to a degree. >> to a degree. but he's a lot better now. a lot tougher negotiator now. the communications thing was a disappointment. i thought like many of us americans did that our new president coming in in 2009 look like a great communicator. he was eloquent. he was a role model. he spoke... and he understood. it's not like he was not really understanding what was going on. he understood. but he gave very, very few speeches, only one real he'll major one, on the financial crisis. explaining what in the world happened to us. what are we going to do about it? why does that mak
in the early stages of the obama administration with the stimulus and other things he was giving a lot to the republicans and getting very little in return. that's what i mean by not a very good negotiator. he was a much tougher negotiator now. >> charlie: today. learly. harlie: he learned his lesson. >> came in and said we're going to have a bipartisan government. the first two letters in bi connote two. you have to have another side. he didn't have it. >> charlie: he let the...
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. >>> president obama is scheduled to visit israel in the spring marking his first visit to the nation since becoming president. the trip was announced just today. according to the white house, the president and israeli president arranged the trip last month. he's attracted criticism for not returning -- the president has atracked criticism for not returning. >>> in an initial vote today, britain's parliament backed prime minister cameron to back same-sex marriage. the law would also allow civil partners to convert their partnerships into marriage. >>> same-sex partners of military members may soon get benefits. u.s. officials say defense secretary leon panetta is poised to extend some benefits. no final decision has been made on which benefits will be included. but the pentagon is likely to allow same-sex partners to have access to health and wellness programs. the change would come 16 months after the pentagon repealed its ban on openly gay service members. >>> there was a bit of drama today on capitol hill during a hearing on immigration reform. protesters stood in the back of the h
. >>> president obama is scheduled to visit israel in the spring marking his first visit to the nation since becoming president. the trip was announced just today. according to the white house, the president and israeli president arranged the trip last month. he's attracted criticism for not returning -- the president has atracked criticism for not returning. >>> in an initial vote today, britain's parliament backed prime minister cameron to back same-sex marriage. the law...
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obamacare was very much lobbied by big labor and by the obama administration. what they have done is they have bombarded the sec with comment letters on this issue. what we understand is ttat the sec in april will be making some determination on where they go with this. it will be the first big regulatory issue that mary jo white, she probably will be confirmed, the question is, does she go for this? this is a huge issue for corporate america. listen, corporations make a lot of disclosures. you give money to aipac, you have to disclose how much. what they do not have to disclose is how much money they give to their trade organization. here is the endgame here. if dell gives 5 million to the u.s. chamber and the u.s. chamber spends 20 million to oppose obamacare-- cheryl: the company's name is attached to it name it, they are politically active, go in and protest for opposing obamacare. >> at the same time, though, the companies, though, it's obvious, don't you think, what the companies or what issues, if you will, what they oh pose and say say i'm not going ove
obamacare was very much lobbied by big labor and by the obama administration. what they have done is they have bombarded the sec with comment letters on this issue. what we understand is ttat the sec in april will be making some determination on where they go with this. it will be the first big regulatory issue that mary jo white, she probably will be confirmed, the question is, does she go for this? this is a huge issue for corporate america. listen, corporations make a lot of disclosures. you...
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president obama hit the road to a minneapolis calling to gun control legislation. he says that a consensus is emerging for universal background checks for gun buyers. the president acknowledged a tough road is ahead of them to pass a ban on assault weapons. >> the president says a ban on military-style assault weapons and a tenant round limit for magazines should be implemented. >> developing bills, government records show a tour bus that crashed and killed seven people in southern california sunday night had at least 22 safety violations, including trouble with their brakes. the bus careened out of control in the san bernadine no mountains near yucpipa. we have now learned and break issues were noted at least three of their inspections since 2011. that same tour bus was also flagged eight times for maintenance problems in the last four months. the bus was carrying a group from tijuana, mexico returning from a ski trip when the bus slammed into two other vehicles. five women, a man and a 30 year-old boy were killed. >> still ahead on kron 4 morning news, how much t
president obama hit the road to a minneapolis calling to gun control legislation. he says that a consensus is emerging for universal background checks for gun buyers. the president acknowledged a tough road is ahead of them to pass a ban on assault weapons. >> the president says a ban on military-style assault weapons and a tenant round limit for magazines should be implemented. >> developing bills, government records show a tour bus that crashed and killed seven people in southern...
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he's hoping president obama likes his abe-nomices, so to speak. a summit with the two leaders will be held on friday where prime minister abe is expected to deliver a policy speech entitled, "japan is back." tomo is joining me now. thanks so much for your time. is japan back? >> that's a good question. i think japan is certainly back and with the depreciation of the yen and higher stock prices, the market reacts at least that way and we think that this will impact on our financial market is going to filter through to the real economy anytime soon. >> this is the interesting point. it's one thing for investors to bid up the nikkei, to push down the yen in anticipation of the bank of japan will be extremely aggressive. we'll deliver on its inflation target. it's another to actually deliver. have we moved on that phase now where they have to deliver and how likely is it that they can? >> well, we are going to see a new governor and the two deputy governors in april. so, well, i think regardless of who is going to be the next governor, the bank of jap
he's hoping president obama likes his abe-nomices, so to speak. a summit with the two leaders will be held on friday where prime minister abe is expected to deliver a policy speech entitled, "japan is back." tomo is joining me now. thanks so much for your time. is japan back? >> that's a good question. i think japan is certainly back and with the depreciation of the yen and higher stock prices, the market reacts at least that way and we think that this will impact on our...
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and president obama says we have to grow the economy, create good jobs and everybody will find out why raising the minimum wage might have just the opposite effect. liz: just a few hour g hours age was hit by a cyber attack. earlier today an alarming report was released claiming china's military, the government military has been hacking into a lot of american companies and organizations, 140 plus. is there a hacking war being waged? the chairman of the company that spotted it and found it. a company that put out the report, the ceo of the company to help defend against these tests come back attacks. david: the possible move to take it private is dell. how do they do? ashley: on earnings per share, $0.40, the aspect was 39. on the revenue, 13.3 billion. a beat on the revenue as well. there are some other numbers as we delve into this, consumer revenue for the quarter was down 24%. they will not be giving a quarterly outlook because of the efforts to take the company private, but certainly a beat on the earnings and revenues. david: let's go to mark sebastian. dell is doing pretty good a
and president obama says we have to grow the economy, create good jobs and everybody will find out why raising the minimum wage might have just the opposite effect. liz: just a few hour g hours age was hit by a cyber attack. earlier today an alarming report was released claiming china's military, the government military has been hacking into a lot of american companies and organizations, 140 plus. is there a hacking war being waged? the chairman of the company that spotted it and found it. a...
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harsh words today from president obama about budget cuts. he called on congressional republicans to avoid automatic spending cuts, the so-called "sequester" that kicks in on march 1. he said this "meat cleaver approach" will hurt the economy and hundreds of thousands of americans will lose jobs. the president got some backing from budget hawks erskine bowles and alan simpson. they were back in the news today with a new plan to sharply reduce federal spending. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: the president was flanked by emergency responders who'd be hit hard if automatic spending cuts take effect on march 1, and he placed the blame on republicans. >> so far, at least what they've expressed is a preference where they'd rather have these cuts go into effect than close a single tax loophole for the wealthiest americans. not one. >> reporter: as the clock ticks down to the sequester, democrats and republicans are hunkered down for a fight. even so, budget commission co- chairs alan simpson and erskine bowles tried to push both sides to talk, c
harsh words today from president obama about budget cuts. he called on congressional republicans to avoid automatic spending cuts, the so-called "sequester" that kicks in on march 1. he said this "meat cleaver approach" will hurt the economy and hundreds of thousands of americans will lose jobs. the president got some backing from budget hawks erskine bowles and alan simpson. they were back in the news today with a new plan to sharply reduce federal spending. darren gersh...
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among them, gun violence jobs and sequestration. >> when president obama stands before congress tuesday night to deliver his state of the union address he'll be focused on the economy. >> the core emphasis that he's always placed in his big speeches remains the same and will remain the same, which is the need to make the economy better. >> in his second inauguration address the president highlighted climate change, immigration reform and gun control. with unemployment still hovering around 8% democrats are eager to hear the president's plan for getting americans back to work. republicans have been keeping their emphasis on jobs and the economy. >> the sooner we begin to address our fiscal problem i think the sooner the economy will begin to improve. >> as part of his economic message is president is expected to ask lawmakers to invest in education, infrastructure and clean energy. >> gun control will still get air time. several lawmakers invited victims of gun vie leans. gabby giffords is joining ron barber who now holds her seat. her husband, mark kelly, will be senator john mccain's g
among them, gun violence jobs and sequestration. >> when president obama stands before congress tuesday night to deliver his state of the union address he'll be focused on the economy. >> the core emphasis that he's always placed in his big speeches remains the same and will remain the same, which is the need to make the economy better. >> in his second inauguration address the president highlighted climate change, immigration reform and gun control. with unemployment still...
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because remember president obama has said that he will not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. so i think what people are saying is, they're making rich uranium for weapon, working on design work and some missile work. but what's not yet clear, i guess what secretary panetta is saying, whether they're going to make the final hundred yards dash to assemble and feel the weapon. the dilemma though is for the west, you can't afford to stop them just short of that final screwdriver turn or else you really have to contrain them in any meaningful way. what these negotiations aim to do is try to find some kind of way to constrain the iranians enough that they are clearly short of a nuclear weapon and the west would have sufficient warning should they break out of the awe -- agreement and make a dash for it. >> what would the west consider sufficient warning? >> well, i don't know what their intelligence means are on this but something so that you have months and not days of indication that iran is trying to, and also the means to do something about it. i mean if you take president obam
because remember president obama has said that he will not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. so i think what people are saying is, they're making rich uranium for weapon, working on design work and some missile work. but what's not yet clear, i guess what secretary panetta is saying, whether they're going to make the final hundred yards dash to assemble and feel the weapon. the dilemma though is for the west, you can't afford to stop them just short of that final screwdriver turn or else you...
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won 94% of districts that obama represents sit in districts mitt romney won. so there's no swing districts left. so much of what he's doing is about the rhetoric and message which is this is the one thing the president has a bully pulpit and from it he can really determine what the message is going to be and what the agenda is going to be. >> suarez: but maybe also with his steadily raising approval ratings a way of showing the congress "i have the people with me." >> in the first term when the president was able to get things done it was when he was demonstrating to members of congress that he has the people with him. that his popularity ratings were higher than theirs were. i think a low point was in the summer of 2011 when he was trying to work out a grand bargain with the speaker and he in good faith tried to work things out and negotiated behind closed doors and they saw what you see when that thing happens. the other side gets to represent your point of view sometimes and says this is what the president wants to do and how we've done that. that was a low
won 94% of districts that obama represents sit in districts mitt romney won. so there's no swing districts left. so much of what he's doing is about the rhetoric and message which is this is the one thing the president has a bully pulpit and from it he can really determine what the message is going to be and what the agenda is going to be. >> suarez: but maybe also with his steadily raising approval ratings a way of showing the congress "i have the people with me." >> in...
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a controversial issue, under president bush, now president obama. the fact that the government does have the power, and the authority, to kill an american overseas that's considered a threat. and how do they define that? >> that's the question because when you say imminent, it could be imminent in a few hours, in a few weeks, saying you can target a member of al qaeda, senior operational al qaeda leader, or associated forces. how are you defining associated forces? how are you defining the word imminent? how are you defining the word threat? all of these things are things that are open to interpretation and has civil liberties groups, as well, worried about what this means as far as the u.s., executive powers authority to decide, based on kind of unclear, sometimes, terms in terms how they're defined to go ahead and assassinate a u.s. citizen abroad. when you look at the justice department memo, as you said, leaked and made public by nbc, 16 pages. details the case for the use of those armed drones, which are terribly unpopular outside of the united
a controversial issue, under president bush, now president obama. the fact that the government does have the power, and the authority, to kill an american overseas that's considered a threat. and how do they define that? >> that's the question because when you say imminent, it could be imminent in a few hours, in a few weeks, saying you can target a member of al qaeda, senior operational al qaeda leader, or associated forces. how are you defining associated forces? how are you defining...
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we re-elected president obama. we need to work with the government to come up with rational solutions so you need to encourage businesses and stop discouraging it. cheryl: so many challenges business face. you employ 70,000 people worldwide right now. are you going to be hiring this year, yes or no? >> well, we hope to be hiring. we'd like to continue to develop restaurants, but a lot of whether or not you build new restaurants depends on how the economy is going, whether people are building shopping centers or put the restaurants in. we are an economy-dependent business, projects we build restaurants this year. the franchises build restaurants, and i'll tell you the franchises build almost double the amount of restaurants outside the united states than they build inside the united states. we have international growth to boost our bottom line, and boost our growth, but we hope to grow in the united statesment we're going to do everything we can. we want to work with the president. we want to see this happen, but it
we re-elected president obama. we need to work with the government to come up with rational solutions so you need to encourage businesses and stop discouraging it. cheryl: so many challenges business face. you employ 70,000 people worldwide right now. are you going to be hiring this year, yes or no? >> well, we hope to be hiring. we'd like to continue to develop restaurants, but a lot of whether or not you build new restaurants depends on how the economy is going, whether people are...